I don't know if you know how a spark plug works, but for the electrical current to fly into operation in a spark plug, the two points of contact have to be gapped.

我不知道你们是否知道,火花塞是怎样工作的，在电流通入火花塞中使它运转之前，两个接触点之间需要有空隙。

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Much like the opportunities in the word "plastic," I think it's useful to suggest that this sense of gapping a spark plug may have some relevance to our understanding of what goes on in this reading process.

就像说到“塑料“时的几种可能性“,值得一说的是，这种火花塞间隙的概念,可能与我们的阅读有关,它让我们了解到阅读过程到底是怎样的。

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Iser's understanding of gapping the spark plug is a much more bold affirmative of the imaginative powers of the reader, a much more bold process than the hesitant conservative process suggested by Gadamer.

伊瑟尔火花塞间隙的见解,更加肯定读者的能力，比葛达玛倡导的保守程序,更加大胆。

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